Abstract
The purpose of present study was to investigate the effect of SAQ training programme on playing ability offootball players. Twenty male football players were selected and the nature of sampling was purposive and on random basis from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.) and their age ranged between 18-25 years. The football playing ability was graded (out of 50 points) by a panel of three qualified experts during actual competition and the average of three grades were considered as subject’s playing ability. The subjects were divided into two equal groups on random basis consisting of ten subjects in each group. The first group was administered with Speed Agility Quickness (SAQ) training with equipment and was designated as Speed Agility Quickness Experimental (SAQE) group. The second group was administered with Speed Agility Quickness (SAQ) training without equipment and was designated as Speed Agility Quickness Control (SAQC) group. SAQ training consider as an independent variable and football playing ability
consider as a dependent variable. The one-way analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) and the significant level set at 0.05 was used to find out the effect of SAQ training programme on playing ability of football players. All the statistical calculation was carried out using SPSS version 16.0. The finding of the study shows that there was significant difference found between Speed Agility Quickness Experimental (SAQE) group and Speed Agility Quickness Control (SAQC) group football players of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.).
Key words: Speed Agility Quickness (SAQ), Football and Training.
Author’s- Inder Kerketta, Dr. Ratnesh Singh